Michelle Tumolo's list of accolades goes on and on. In 2012, the Syracuse attack was Big East Attack Player of the Year, a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist and helped lead her team to the NCAA championship game.

Tumolo competed with the 25-player U.S. women's national training team from Jan. 25-27 in the Champion Challenge. She helped them to a 3-0 record against Northwestern, the English women's national team and her own SU team. She said that while she was upset at the not making the final cut, "life goes on and I can only grow and learn from it. I am not going to be on every team I try out for, and I know I tried my hardest."

The Orange will still be represented on Team USA. Assistant coach Katie Rowan secured one of the four attack positions. The team will compete this July in the Federation of International Lacrosse in Oshawa, Ontario. Rowan was also a member of Team USA in the 2009 FIL World Cup.

Rowan, a Syracuse alum, amassed 396 career points on 232 goals and 164 assists and is the school’s only three-time first-team All-America selection. She set single-season school records for points (142) and assists (69) in 2008.

Rowan said it's been an ongoing process to make the team and she is "honored to be named to the final roster."

Despite the disappointment of not representing Team USA, Tumolo is excited to be back with Syracuse to start the lacrosse season this spring.

"Since I didn’t make the U.S. team, I came back here and I am the luckiest person because I come back to family," Tumolo said. "It's not just a team, we're a family. We're all on one heartbeat."